ETF comparison
EZU vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
217 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EZU and VEA would leave roughly 23.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 47 bps cheaper than EZU. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for EZU.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EZU vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
217 shared in total| # | Holding | In EZU | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 8.09% | 2.36% | 2.36% |
| 2 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 3.07% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 3 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 2.37% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 4 | Allianz SE | 2.17% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 5 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 2.22% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 6 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 1.88% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 7 | SAP SE | 2.43% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 8 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2.24% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 9 | Siemens Energy AG | 1.89% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 10 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 1.72% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 11 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 1.75% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 12 | SAFRAN SA | 1.63% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
Only in EZU
7 total- Nebius Group N.V. 0.64%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.30%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.19%
- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.10%
- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 0.08%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.07%
- EDP Renovaveis, S.A. 0.00%
Only in VEA
3,645 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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